107 The Real Enneagram: Recent Episodes
Dr. Joseph Howell
This week, Nanette and Dr. Joe conclude our series on Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram’s Forgotten Passageway **with a discussion on Chapter 18, "The Flowering of Consciousness." In this season finale, we explore consciousness and its unfolding in the present moment. We also look into how consciousness can bloom at different times, and the various levels through which it progresses. Dr. Joe closes the season with a hopeful prayer.
Thank you for listening to our series on Becoming Conscious!****We're going to take a short break, then later this spring we'll return with a new season of weekly episodes in which we dive deeply into the holy ideas and virtues of each Enneagram type, plus a few special episodes, and some wonderful guests.
In the meantime, please check out our extensive backlog of episodes, which include over four years of content!
To learn more about the Institute for Conscious Being, visit: theicb.info**
This week, ICB faculty member and ordained minister Nancy Hornsby joins us as we discuss Chapter 16, "The Eyes of the Kingdom," and Chapter 17, "The Beatitudes," from Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram’s Forgotten Passageway. **Nancy shares her own spiritual journey working with the Enneagram as a pathway to consciousness, and we reflect how different Beatitudes correspond with the nine types of the Enneagram.
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This week, Nanette and Dr. Joe explore Chapter 15, "The Return to Essence," from Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram’s Forgotten Passageway**. Dr. Joe offers his definition of the meaning of Essence, and shares personal stories from his own experiences with Essence and the soul child in his professional practice.
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This week, Nanette and Dr. Joe discuss Chapter 14, "Prayers for the Types," from Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram’s Forgotten Passageway**. Dr. Joe shares about how he was inspired to write these prayers. We also explore spiritual practices for re-embodying your soul child and what is meant by amalgamation.
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This week, Barbara Sloan joins us as we circle back to Chapter 9, “The Enneatypes in Cinema,” from Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram’s Forgotten Passageway. Barbara is a member of the ICB faculty and author of Theatre Is My Life! Thoughts on Play Quotes: a Book of Meditations for Each Day of the Year. **We explore how creativity, fiction, and the performing arts intersect with the Enneagram, and the Enneatypes of various characters from popular fiction.
To learn more about the Institute for Conscious Being, visit: theicb.info To get a copy of Barbara's book, you can visit: https://a.co/d/4ea4Kb5**
This week, Nanette and Dr. Joe explore Chapter 13, "The Holy Ideas," from Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram’s Forgotten Passageway**. We discuss the irreducible nature of the holy ideas, the role that George Gurdjieff, Oscar Ichazo, and Claudio Naranjo played in discovering them, and how the holy ideas can facilitate growing in consciousness.
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This week we delve into Chapter 12, "The Soul Child," from Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram’s Forgotten Passageway**. We discuss the origin of the concept of the soul child, its role as a gateway to the soul, and the healing that the soul child can provide on the individual and collective level.
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This week we discuss Chapter 10, "The Emergence of Consciousness," and Chapter 11, "Christ, Children & Consciousness," from Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram’s Forgotten Passageway. We take a closer look at the Stages of Consciousness Emergence, found on page 193. Dr. Howell expounds on the Flowering of Consciousness and helps us navigate the stages of the ego as it emerges, experiences suffering, searches for relief, and finds the hope for consciousness to emerge.
This week we explore Chapter 8, "The Instinctual Subtypes of the Enneagram" from Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram’s Forgotten Passageway**. We discuss the instinctual subtypes of each ego type, which are the self-preserving, social affiliation. and sexual syntonic, and the relationship between our ego type and our subtype.
To learn more about the Institute for Conscious Being, visit: theicb.info**
This week we take a break from our series on Becoming Conscious to bring you a special interview with Phil Cousineau, author of The Art of Pilgrimage**.
A true renaissance man, Phil is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, story consultant, editor, travel leader, and inspirational speaker. Phil joined us at a recent ICB staff retreat, and he was kind enough to sit down with us for an interview afterward. Listen in as Phil discusses the art of storytelling, the power of myth, and the spiritual practice of pilgrimage.
Our series on Becoming Conscious resumes next week!
To learn more about the Institute for Conscious Being, visit: theicb.info To learn more about Phil and The Art of Pilgrimage:**www.philcousineau.net
This week we dive into Chapter 6, "The Secret Passageways of the Arrows," and Chapter 7, "The Wings of Each Enneagram Type" from Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram’s Forgotten Passageway**. In this episode, we discuss the inner flow of the Enneagram, also known as the arrow theory. We also discuss the ego types on either side of our own ego type, our wings.
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This week we discuss Chapter 4, "The Ego, Its Fixations and Suffering," and Chapter 5, "The Three Levels of Functioning and Consciousness within Each Type" from Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram’s Forgotten Passageway**. In this episode, we focus on the ego and its unhealthy fixations and take a look at the suffering that the ego can cause. We also explore the three levels of functioning of each ego type.
To learn more about the Institute for Conscious Being, visit: theicb.info**
This week we continue our discussion of Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram’s Forgotten Passageway**. We explore Chapter 2, "The Types," and Chapter 3, "Self-Assessment," which which describe the characteristics of the nine Enneagram types. We also discuss how one can arrive at their ego type through self-assessment, feedback and self-discernment.
To learn more about the Institute for Conscious Being, visit: theicb.info Take the Howell Enneagram Test: www.instituteforconsciousbeing.org/enneagram-test**
This week we relaunch the podcast by beginning a new series on Dr. Joe's book, Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram’s Forgotten Passageway. **This episode focuses on Chapter 1, "The Enneagram of Personality to Consciousness." We explore Oscar Ichazio’s Enneagram of personality, and discuss its application as a passageway to consciousness and spiritual growth, rather than just as a static typology.
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**In this episode of the Real Enneagram podcast, Dr. Joseph Howell leads a meditation going into the deepest self and focusing on the soul child.
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In this episode of the Real Enneagram podcast, Dr. Joseph Howell and Nanette Mudiam reflect on their recent trip to India and how their experience relates to the Enneagram. Joe shares how this pilgrimage helped him gain a deeper understanding about humanity.
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In this episode of the Real Enneagram podcast, Dr. Joseph Howell speaks with Barbara Sloan, a senior faculty member at ICB. Barbara talks about her latest book, “THEATRE IS MY LIFE!: Thoughts on Play Quotes: a Book of Meditations for Each Day of the Year.” She also discusses how she got involved in theater and how it plays into her love and expertise with the Enneagram.
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In this episode of the Real Enneagram podcast, Dr. Joseph Howell speaks with Sujit, a student and volunteer at the Heartfulness Meditation Centre in India. They discuss how the centre changed Sujit’s way of life through evolving consciousness.
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In this episode of the Real Enneagram podcast, Dr. Joseph and Lark Howell and Nanette and Sai Mudiam talk about the transformational power of the Enneagram and the impact they’ve witnessed from studying it in community.
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In this episode of the Real Enneagram podcast, Dr. Joseph and Lark Howell and Nanette Mudiam reflect on the recent ICB Intensive, an intense weekend of diving into a deeper level of the Enneagram types. Dr. Howell shares his biggest takeaway from the weekend and the benefit of attending future intensives.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Lori Miller-Price speak with Dr. Renee Harmon, who is part of the scholar program at the ICB. Renee talks about her book, Surfing the Waves of Alzheimer's: Principles of Caregiving That Kept Me Upright, about her experience caring for her husband with Alzheimer’s. She discusses what she learned about herself during this journey and how it was further informed by studying the spirituality of the Enneagram.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Lori Miller-Price talk about disintegration and what happens as people move towards the unhealthy parts of their ego types. Lori shares a personal example of feeling overwhelmed and overstressed. Dr. Howell and Lori discuss how to recognize disintegration and how to handle it in the moment.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Barrett Owen explore the subtypes that each ego type enters into. Dr. Howell shares what are the three subtypes, the benefits of investigating these subtypes and the concept of stacking. He discusses how our passions tell us more about our subtypes and what emerges from the ego once you have this new lens.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Barrett Owen continue their discussion about the importance of taking a Sabbath and how the Enneagram can help the Ego Types experience a sense of peace and rest. They discuss what inspires Ego Types Six through Nine to take a Sabbath and what a Sabbath means to them.
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As we say goodbye to 2022, Dr. Joseph Howell leads a meditation as we welcome 2023. He reflects on what we’ve been through as well as reminds us that we have things to look forward to in this new year.
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In this episode of the Real Enneagram podcast, Dr. Joseph Howell and Nanette Mudiam reflect on the classic film, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and discuss how the Enneagram helps with negative emotions around the holiday season. Joe’s wife, Lark, and Nanette’s husband, Sai, join the conversation and draw from their personal experience to share how the Enneagram has helped them handle sadness and grief.
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Give yourself a peace of mind as Dr. Joseph Howell leads a holiday meditation in this week’s episode of the Real Enneagram podcast. Allow yourself to be present and remember the true gifts you will give as well as receive this holiday season.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Lori Miller-Price speak with Josh Hickman, a student at the ICB. Josh shares his experience leading his congregation as a pastor and what he learned about the spirituality of the Enneagram. He discusses how the Enneagram plays a role in guiding his congregation.
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We’ve recently become aware that apparently, for reasons unbeknownst to us, at the beginning of 2020 a 2nd Real Enneagram podcast appeared on Apple Podcasts.
So come December 1st, we will be deleting the accidental additional feed. BUT we don’t want to lose you! So make sure to double check your podcast feed on December 1st to make sure you are still subscribed and receiving episodes from the The Real Enneagram Podcast.
Dr. Joseph Howell and Barrett Owen discuss the importance of taking a Sabbath, which means to rest. They share how the Enneagram can help show each type how to experience a Sabbath, starting with Ego Types One through Five. They discuss what motivates these types to take a Sabbath and what a Sabbath means to them.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Barrett Owen discuss the Flowering of Consciousness as mentioned in Dr. Howell’s book, “Becoming Conscious: The Enneagram's Forgotten Passageway.” They break down what this means, how to become aware of the process and the work that it entails.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Lori Miller-Price speak with Rod Jones, a student in the ICB. Rod talks about his experience with the Spirituality of the Enneagram program and what he’s learned through it. He shares how the critical mass of suffering helped put him in peace after a traumatic experience and rediscover his soul child.
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Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Nanette Mudiam in a conversation around the changes and transitions in life and how the personality enneagram along with the “enneagram of soul” point us to stay present to our life as it is today in order not to miss what nature is telling us. In this work of co-creating the seasons of life with the Creator, we can search for the joy in the challenges which grief and sorrow bring.
(6:40) “enneagram of the soul” by type
(7:39) A.H. Almaas’ book “Facets of the Divine” - “wholeness of the divine.”
(8:14) - “expression of the divine inside of us”
(8:35) “motif of creation”
(13:56) Ego control - stagnation - soul flow
(15:00) “being present to difficult seasons”
(16:42) “miss the lessons nature is trying to teach us”
(17:26) “in every transition there is grief”
(20:50) “joy is our strength”
(21:10) “we have all of these within us”
(21:48) - Oscar Ichazo - becoming enchanted with our own ego to bring us into the work.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Nanette Mudiam discuss questions they have about the Enneagram related to people to people relationships. They talk about how to get to a place of peace with people, even with those who may not be changing. Nanette shares how the Enneagram has helped with the stuff of life to give understanding to others and to herself.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Nanette Mudiam speak with Rick Patton, a retired CPA and part of Blueprint for Men ministry. Rick talks about what he learned at the recent conference at St. Mary’s. He shares how the Enneagram helped him discover himself and other people as well as better communicate with other people and give compassion.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Lori Miller-Price speak with Terri Bailey and her journey with the Enneagram. She shares how she became an adjunct faculty member at ICB and how the Enneagram impacts her work as a victim’s rights lawyer. Dr. Howell also discusses what can come out of soul connections.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Lori Miller-Price speak with Rev. Barrett Owen, Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church in Wilmington, NC. Rev. Owen shares how the Enneagram and the spirituality of it has impacted his life personally and also as a pastor.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Lori Miller-Price speak with Nan Hornsby, a member of the faculty at ICB. Nan talks about a group called The Deepening Roots, how it came to be and what it means to be a deepening root. Dr. Howell also discusses how we can work with our shadow side, the unconscious part of ourselves, and what it has to do with the Enneagram.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Lori Miller-Price speak with Mark and Julie Ann Harris, one of the married couples learning about the spirituality of the Enneagram at the ICB. Mark and Julie Ann ask Dr. Howell questions about perfecting our souls and accessing our spiritual component.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Lori Miller-Price discuss why the spirituality of the Enneagram can help us have more compassion for others. They talk about what it is about the ego types’ struggles to help us build that compassion for that person.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Nanette Mudiam finish their discussion about essence and the various ego-types by talking about Type Six, Seven and Eight.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Nanette Mudiam continue their discussion about essence and the various ego-types by talking about Type Four and Five. They also talk about the role of soul qualities which are also known as essential qualities.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Nanette Mudiam continue their series on essence with Lark Howell. They discuss how essence looks within the various ego-types, starting with Type Two, Three and Nine.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Nanette Mudiam continue their conversation about essence. They discuss how we return to essence and where to find the sole qualities that are already present.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Nanette Mudiam talk about the word, essence. Dr. Howell shares how he defines it by asking, “Without your role, status, things, daily activities and body, who would you be?” He discusses spiritual essence which is without the trappings by each Enneagram Type, and also shares how one begins to discover their essence.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Nanette Mudiam talk about the podcast name, The Real Enneagram: A Spiritual Quest. Dr. Howell shares the origin behind the name and what it means to him. He also discusses what is a spiritual quest and how that looks in the beginning stage of learning about the Enneagram.
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Dr. Joseph and Lark Howell share real stories of the Enneagram with Sai and Nanette Mudiam. They discuss how the Enneagram has helped them navigate their lives and how they’ve used it to grow spiritually, to heal and to improve relationships in their family and workplace.
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Dr. Joseph and Lark Howell speak with Seth Creekmore, a musician and co-host of the podcast, Fathoms. Seth shares his insights to his Enneagram type and how it helps him get a better understanding of a person’s inner being by going underneath the surface. He also talks about the differences in approaches to the Enneagram.
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Dr. Joseph Howell talks about the roles of the ego and the soul and their part in helping us move in this world.
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Dr. Joseph and Lark Howell speak with Rev. Leigh Anne Taylor, Revitalization Coordinator at the United Methodist Church in Lynchburg District. Leigh Anne speaks on her experience as an ICB student. She discusses what she learned from the impactful teachings and how she benefited from it. She also shares when she realized that she was a different Enneagram Type as a result of her studies.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Lori Miller-Price lead a conversation with ICB faculty members, Roger Conville, Barbara Sloan, Scott Smith, Drexel Rayford, Tom Miller-Price, Lark Howell and special guest, Doug Lynam, the author of From Monk to Money Manager: A Former Monk's Financial Guide To Becoming A Little Bit Wealthy — And Why That's Okay. They talk about their work with the enneagram and focus on The Tree of Life from Dr. Howell’s book, “The Stages of Consciousness.”
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ICB Co-founders Dr. Joseph and Lark Howell speak with Emily Wingfield, an Enneagram teacher and coach from Atlanta, Georgia. Emily shares how she implements her knowledge of the Enneagram with her coaching clients. She discusses the challenges she faces and how she connects spirituality with her teachings.
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Listen to this conversation with Dr. Joseph Howell and friends as he outlines the Enneagram of the Soul. Dr. Howell gives a brief overview on the Enneagram and discusses how the numbers relate to one’s approach to life.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Lori Miller-Price speak with John Philip Newell, a Celtic teacher and author of "Sacred Earth Sacred Soul.” John Philip shares what it means to become conscious and how it’s an individual journey as well as a collective journey. He also discusses spiritual communities, how it impacts the spiritual pilgrimage and how to find them.
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In the final episode of this four-part series, Dr. Joseph Howell speaks with Nanette Mudiam, an adjunct faculty member at ICB and an advanced student of the Enneagram. Nanette talks about her experience with Ukraine and her perspective with the current war as an Ego Type Nine. She also shares the communications she’s had with her friends in the Ukraine.
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Dr. Joseph Howell reflects on his time at the island of Iona with Melanie Rodgers, Cathy and John Shoulders and Lori and Tom Miller-Price. They share their impressions of studying with John Philip Newell, a Celtic teacher and author of "Sacred Earth Sacred Soul.” They discuss the teaching of Celtic spirituality and how it relates to the Enneagram.
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In the third episode of the four-part series, Dr. Joseph Howell continues his discussion on the consciousness and the unconscious responses for Types 7, 8 and 9 in relation to the Ukraine war.
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In the second episode of the four-part series, Dr. Joseph Howell continues his thoughts on consciousness, the Enneagram types and the war in Ukraine. He discusses the conscious and unconscious responses to this war for Types 4, 5, and 6.
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In the first episode of a four-part series, Dr. Joseph Howell reflects on the war in Ukraine and the rise in hope that is shining through despite the terrible suffering happening there. Dr. Howell discusses the Enneagram Types 1, 2 and 3 and the conscious and unconscious responses to this war.
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In this episode, Dr. Joseph Howell talks about the inner critic. He discusses the role of the inner critic and how helpful it is to understand it, especially in the light of the Enneagram and in achieving consciousness.
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In this episode, Lori Miller-Price leads a discussion about learning about the Enneagram through community. The panelists including Tom Miller-Price, John Adams, Roger Conville, Barbara Sloan, Melanie Rodgers, Nancy Hornsby and Nanette and Sai Mudiam, discuss why it’s important to do the spiritual work through community as opposed to doing it on our own. Co-founders Dr. Joseph and Lark Howell also share what community means to them.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes speak with Doug Lynman, author of the book, From Monk to Money Manager, and a keynote speaker for the upcoming training in May at The Institute for Conscious Being. Doug talks about his journey and what led him to write his book that brings a unique look at wealth from a spiritual perspective. Doug, Dr Howell and Erika also share their relationship with money through their Enneagram type.
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Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes speak with Patrick O'Leary, an Enneagram mentor and Dr. Howell’s first Enneagram teacher. Patrick reflects on his recent visit as a guest speaker at the Institute for Conscious Being. He also shares his initial introduction to the Enneagram and what made the impact that he has spent his lifetime teaching it and working with it.
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With Valentine's Day this month, Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes are joined by special guests, Lark Howell, Dr. Howell’s wife, ICB co-founder and retreat coordinator, and Dr. Drexel Rayford, a faculty member at ICB, to discuss the topic of love. These four explore the idea of love, how to love deeper and better, and how to unblock love through the spirituality of the enneagram.
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Join Dr. Howell as he discusses the journey of growing in consciousness and the sanctity of life.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they continue the discussion about our ego's response to acceptance and rejection.
Dr. Howell discusses how our egos react to acceptance and rejection. He discusses how we can use the tool of the enneagram to bring greater awareness to our reactions so that we can learn and grow in consciousness.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they discuss the power of the enneagram as a tool for personal and spiritual growth with Kate Finlayson. Kate Finlayson is a Nia Black Belt and was certified in 2016 in Andrea Isaac's Enneamotion which teaches techniques to explore the embodiment of each archetype. She completed her Master Class in training at the Enneagram Institute in 2018. By integrating the Enneagram with Nia dance techniques, Kate has unlocked a fun way to give meaning to movement. She developed and currently teaches 'Dancing the Enneagram'.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they discuss the spirituality of the enneagram with Garrett Foster. Garrett Foster was an Emmy Award–winning writer for the CBS daytime drama Guiding Light and a senior editor for magazines and major metro newspapers. He is the author of the novel, The Accident of Being Human and is currently an interfaith minister, writer and teacher in South Florida.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they discuss the enneagram with Ben and Trina McKenzie. The McKenzie's recently attended an ICB conference and they discuss their experience.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell, Erika Jobes and Philip Sheperd as they discuss and introduce Philip's newest book, Deep Fitness.
Join the faculty of the Institute for Conscious Being as they discuss how they stay connected to their souls.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell, Erika Jobes and Gladys Schaefer discuss the ego journey and spiritual transformation of ego type 9.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they discuss the unlocking our souls with Reverend Ed Bacon.
Reverend Ed Bacon is an Episcopal priest, speaker, and author of 8 Habits of Love. He teaches across all spiritual paths as well as in non-religious contexts how our Oneness in Love overcomes our separateness in fear. He also works to help save the Pando forest in southern Utah.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell as he discusses the enneagram and our life force. What is our life force? What is the spark that inspires us to ascend to higher levels of consciousness. How does our life force give power and energy to our life force?
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they discuss meditation as a spiritual practice.
Join Dr. Jospeh Howell as he discusses how our ego attempts to block our consciousness and return to our soul.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell as he discusses how a deeper understanding of the enneagram sheds light on our relationships. He discusses how our ego type, wings, subtypes and levels of consciousness affect our friendships, partnerships and romantic relationships.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell, Lark Howell and Stan and Terry Bailey as they discuss the enneagram and consciousness. Stan and Terry Bailey discuss how the enneagram has shed light on their marriage and brought compassion and understanding to their marriage.
Join Dr. Jospeh Howell, Lark Howell and Nanette Mudiam, as they continue their discussion of the ego and our shadow.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell, Lark Howell and Nanette and Sai Mudiam as they discuss the Ego and our Shadow.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell as he leads us in a meditation to help us shift from our unhealthy ego patterns to our soul.
Dr. Joseph Howell discusses the soul child and enneagram journey of ego type five with Scott Smith who is currently a student in the Institute for Conscious Being Master's training program.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes discuss the Enneagram and Addiction with Art Wimberly. Art Wimberly works with the nonprofit Thrive Birmingham and is a life coach with a focus on addiction and family. He has worked with 12 step programs for over 20 years and is currently a student in the ICB training program.
Erika Jobes and Dr. Joseph Howell discuss the enneagram journey of ego type one with Dr. Jacqueline Morgan who is currently a professor and the Director of the University Fellows Experience, an honors program at the University of Alabama.
Erika Jobes and Dr. Joseph Howell discuss the enneagram journey with Tom Poynor who currently serves as the lay chaplain for the Episcopal Church at the University of California at Berkley.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they discuss the characteristics of the Ego Mind.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell, Erika Jobes and Gladys Schaefer discuss the journey of an Ego Type 9 to their soul.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell, Erika Jobes and Tom Miller discuss the journey of an Ego Type 5 to their soul.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell, Erika Jobes and Nancy Hornsby discuss the journey of an Ego Type 9 to their soul.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they field questions from a listener about determining ego type.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell, Lark Howell and Nanette and Sai Mudiam as they discuss how they use the spirituality of the enneagram to navigate the holidays.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell, Lark Howell and Erika Jobes as they discuss the concept of soulality.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell as he shares with Lark Howell and the Mudiams how we can return to our soul child using the spirituality of the enneagram.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they discuss the benefits of studying the enneagram in community. They both discuss what they took away from a recent virtual training about the Body Center of Intelligence.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and the Mudiam family as they discuss the enneagram and relationships.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell, Lark Howell and Nanette and Sai Mudiam as they discuss how they are navigating this new Covid environment with help from their study of the enneagram.
Join Dr. Jospeh Howell, Nanette and Sai Mudiam and Erika Jobes to discuss the Enneagram and healing.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell, Lark Howell and Nanette Mudiam as they explore in depth the three different subtypes of Ego Type Nine.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they explore in depth the three different subtypes of Ego Type Eight.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they explore in depth the three different subtypes of Ego Type Seven.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they explore in depth the three different subtypes of Ego Type Six.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they explore in depth the three different subtypes of Ego Type Five.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they explore in depth the three different subtypes of Ego Type Four.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell as he explores in depth the three different subtypes of Ego Type Three.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they explore in depth the three different subtypes of Ego Type Two.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they explore in depth the three different subtypes of Ego Type One.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they give a basic introduction to the Enneagram subtypes.
Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes discuss how our ego tries to replicate our essence's Essential Aspect through creating an Idealized Essential Aspect. Understanding the difference between the two leads to greater consciousness and awareness.
Dr. Jospeh Howell and Erika Jobes continue their discussion of the Essential Aspects of the Soul.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they introduce the Essential Aspects of the Soul. Each enneagram ego type number has an essential aspect of their soul that is experienced when they are living in their essence.
Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes discuss the spirituality of the enneagram during the global pandemic.
Join Dr. Jospeh Howell and members of the ICB team as they discuss the journey of the Ego Type 9 from ego to living in essence.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and members of the ICB team as they discuss the journey of the Ego Type 5 from ego to living in essence.
Dr. Howell, Lark Howell and Erika Jobes are joined by ICB scholar student Jessica Yarbrough to discuss the ways in which our holy ideas and virtues lead to personal transformation and ease ego suffering.
Dr. Howell and Lark Howell are joined again by Nanette Mudiam, a repeat guest back by popular demand! They discuss how the Enneagram has transformed their lives and what it means to live in ego versus essence. They speak of traveling the world and resonating with the overarching motivations of different countries as they are also reflected in their relationships.
Dr. Howell and his wife, Lark, discuss the Enneagram of Spirituality and ways in which to approach the new year from the soul rather than ego.
Join faculty members Erika Jobes, Barbara Sloan and Roger Conville as they discuss the differences between consciousness and awareness. This is a rich conversation about daily spiritual practices and how we need community in order to recognize our own growth.
Join us for a special episode today as the whole faculty discusses the reason we aspire to live out of soul rather than simply trying to be the best version of our ego type.
Join Dr. Howell and his wife, Lark, as they discuss ways in which they encounter their soul child on a daily basis through the eyes of children as well as smells, tastes and experiences of their childhood. Returning to our essence allows us to stop creating our own suffering and to see the soul child in others.
Join us today for a special live presentation of the Living Enneagram presented by the ICB faculty from their most recent Kanuga conference in Hendersonville, North Carolina!
Tune in this week as Dr. Howell, Lark Howell and Erika Jobes discuss the fixations that each ego type are prone to fall in to. Each type has a specific behavior or mentality that they can become wrapped up in if they are not conscious or aware.
Dr. Howell and Lark Howell are joined today by Dr. Lucy Morris, a family medicine doctor who is currently doing a fellowship in integrative medicine from Anniston, Alabama. Dr. Morris is an ennegram novice and asks a lot of wonderful beginner questions on this episode!
Join us today for a very special episode! Dr. Howell sits down with the whole ICB faculty to discuss the ways in which they have seen the students in the training program transform. Each faculty member has a special story to share about how the enneagram, in combination with daily spiritual practices, has changed their lives.
Join us this week for the first of many discussions about the Essential Aspects of Essence. Dr. Howell gives us a brief introduction to this vastly deep topic that will most definitely lead us to many more conversations.
Be sure to tune in today as Erika and Dr. Howell are joined by Lori (Ego Type 2) and Tom Miller-Price (Ego Type 5). Lori and Tom are both in the clergy and just graduated from the Scholar's program through ICB this past weekend. Listen to this rich episode where the group discusses the ways in which surrounding yourself with conscious people leads to heart coherence. Both Lori and Tom share stories about letting their souls rather than their egos lead their hearts.
Dr. Howell is joined today by Scott Smith, an industrial engineer and student in the Scholar's Program with the ICB. Scott identifies as an Ego Type Five and we are so grateful for his open and honest conversation today! Scott bravely shares about his personal struggle with anxiety, how he found the Enneagram and what a transformational tool it has been in his life.
Join us this week for a very special episode with Dr. Howell and his daughter, Ren Howell who identifies as an Ego Type Four. You won't want to miss this touching episode with Ren discussing her soul child!
Listen today as the conversation with Dr. Howell, Lark Howell, Edith Couch and Robert Fowler continues from last week. The group discusses the Enneagram and shock points... How can we use shock points in our life to propel us forward?
Dr. Howell is joined today by his wife Lark Howell as well as 2 students in the ICB training program, Robert Fowler who identifies as an Ego Type 2 and Edith Couch who identifies as an Ego Type 7. The group discusses ways in which the Enneagram has revealed truths in their lives and helped them to integrate into higher levels of consciousness.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell, Erika Jobes and Roger Conville today as they answer a complex question from a listener who identifies as an Ego Type 4. The ICB faculty dives deeply into the integration of the 4 as it reaches its soul child at the 1.
Join Dr. Howell and Erika today as they discuss the sensitive topic of recent mass shootings in the United States. Listen as they speak with Roger Conville, fellow ICB faculty member, about using the Enneagram as a spiritual tool to navigate tragedy.
Join us this week as Dr. Joe Howell and Erika Jobes welcome Nanette and Sai Mudium back to the podcast! We were delighted to have them as guests again to discuss living out of Essence rather than Ego. The conversation centers around the rich depth that comes to our relationships when we are engaging with others through our Soul Child.
Join us today as Dr. Howell expounds upon the Holy Ideas and how they truly are the bridge that helps us return to our Soul Child!
Special guest Lark Howell, Dr. Howell's better half is back by popular demand in this week's episode! Listen as they talk with Erika about self-remembering- a concept that helps us transcend our Ego to get in touch with our Essence. You won't want to miss this great conversation about the Soul Child!
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they welcome Dr. Howell's better half, Lark, an ego type 7 and dive more deeply into the path of transformation and desolation that is specific to the Ego Type Seven. Listen as we hear Lark speak to examples in her life that will warm your heart and draw you into the narrative of the path of the Seven.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes this week as they discuss the Enneagram of Desolation. Listen as they describe what happens when we take the easy path as we follow our arrow rather than doing the work to go against our arrow towards our point of integration. Erika gives examples of what the Enneagram of Desolation looks like for the Ego Type Eight.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes this week as they discuss the ways in which the Enneagram is transformational rather than simply informational. Dr. Howell provides some specific examples regarding an Ego Type 6 going both with his arrow toward disintegration at Point 3 and against his arrow toward his soul child at Point 9. Listen as Dr. Howell and Erika discuss the Enneagram's profound power as a unique spiritual tool.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and the faculty of the Institute for Conscious Being from Tivoli, Italy! The faculty shares times in their lives when they have moved against their arrows and lived out of Essence.
In this episode, Erika Jobes, Dr. Joseph Howell and guest, Jessica Yarbrough, discuss the Enneagram and the dangers of typing others. The Enneagram teaches that there are nine different personality styles in the world, one of which we naturally gravitate toward and adopt in childhood to cope and feel safe. Each type or number has a distinct way of seeing the world and has an underlying motivation that powerfully influences how that type thinks, feels and behaves. When we assign others a type based on their behavior, we are often wrong and can misunderstand the way they move in the world.
In this episode, we learn that we can find hope and trust in the present moment as we allow our healthy energies to re-frame our pain body. Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes break down the abstract concept of the pain body in a way that is easy to understand and relate to.
Eckhart Tolle's description of the pain-body, which is the dark shadow cast by the ego, is actually afraid of the light and of consciousness. It is afraid of being found out. Its survival depends on your unconscious identification with it, as well as on your unconscious fear of facing the pain that lives in you. But if you don’t face it, if you don’t bring the light of your consciousness into the pain, you will be forced to relive it again and again. The pain-body may seem like a dangerous monster that you cannot bear to look at, but it is actually an insubstantial phantom that cannot prevail against the power of your presence.
In this episode, Erika Jobes and Dr. Joseph Howell discuss their personal experience with resilience as it relates to the Enneagram. Each personality has its own unique defense mechanism. Each of us believes that our strategy for survival is the right one. These strategies feel right. Sometimes, though, they lead us and others astray. The Enneagram provides a framework to guide and support a personal shift away from the survival strategy to an understanding of the other positions and more conscious behavior. It is useful to be in a community (or team) where constructive feedback can be provided to help us better manage our defense mechanisms.
Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes as they engage in a rich discussion with Maggie Banger, a student in the ICB Scholar's program who identifies as an Ego Type One. Maggie speaks to embracing her Holy Idea of Holy Perfection from a place of "wholeness, not perfection." Her journey has enabled her to practice self-compassion which, in turn, has allowed her to become more compassionate toward others. The Enneagram has taught her to change her language and overall attitude toward her husband and children and to allow them to have their own journey rather than a journey that she controls. You won't want to miss this episode if you identify as an Ego Type One or if you have Ego Type Ones in your life!
Join Dr. Howell and Erika Jobes today as they welcome Amy and Harold Head into their discussion. Amy and Harold are both students in the Scholar's training program with the Institute For Conscious Being. Neither Amy as an Ego Type Four or Harold as an Ego Type Seven begin their Enneagram journey in the Body Center and they discuss in depth how they take conscious and deliberate steps to get in touch with their bodies. Dr. Howell gives an overview of the ways the different Types in the Body Center (9, 8, and 1) deal with their rage and anger. Amy talks about how her Holy Ideas and Virtues help her to integrate to her Essence at the One. Harold gives a great description of the spiral dynamics of the Enneagram and the way we don't simply stop at our Essence. We continue around the Enneagram, picking up the wisdom and knowledge of each number.
In this episode Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes have an in depth discussion about the Holy Ideas of the Enneagram, including a brief history of Oscar Ichazo and Claudio Naranjo, two of the founding fathers of the Enneagram of Personality. Dr. Howell explains that the Holy Ideas are not reducible. They are pure and whole and when we live out of Essence, we exhibit these Ideas and regain our connection to the Divine. Dr. Howell, as an Ego Type Six, provides personal examples of how his Holy Ideas of Holy Strength and Holy Faith act as a bridge to Essence.
Join us today as Dr. Joseph Howell, Erika Jobes and guest, Reverend John Adams answer some listener questions and discuss the Enneagram of Holy Ideas. John is on the faculty of the Institute of Conscious Being and has studied the Enneagram for many years. Dr. Howell explains that our Essence is the antidote to our Ego suffering and that the goal of this Enneagram journey is not to become the best Ego we can be. Reverend Adams, as an Ego Type Two, reveals how his Holy Ideas of Holy Will, Holy Freedom and Holy Grace act as a bridge between Ego and Essence. When we began to put on the veil of Ego as children, we lost our connection to our Holy Idea. As we begin to gain awareness and become more conscious, we reconnect with our Holy Ideas and remember our connection with the Divine.
Today Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes are joined by Roger Conville who is on the faculty of the Institute for Conscious Being. Roger has been studying the Enneagram for 25 years and today he discusses how he, as an ego Type Seven, finds his soul child at the Healthy Five. When Roger is living in Essence, he becomes more grounded and observant and experiences the Divine through nature and stillness.
In this episode, Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes are joined by guest Jessica Yarbrough who identifies as an Ego Type 2. She is a student in the Scholar's program through the Institute for Conscious Being. Dr. Howell discusses how we shift from ego to essence by re-embodying our soul child. The conversation centers around what it looks like to live out of soul rather than ego. Jessica shares about feeling frantic when she's living out of ego as well as the peace that comes when she reconnects with her essence.
In this episode, Dr. Joseph Howell is joined by Sai and Nanette Mudiam who discuss how the Enneagram and the concept of the soul child has impacted their relationship to each other, to the other members of their family, and to their community. Through their understanding of the Enneagram’s inner flow, and its pathways of spiritual growth toward essence, they are having conscious interactions which brings peace. The process is achieved through spiritual work and practice revealing joy, grace, and wholeness in their own lives and in the lives of others.
In this episode, Dr. Joseph Howell and Sai Mudiam discuss how the soul child is a direct experience of the non-egoic self that lies beneath our personality type. Sai discusses his discovery of the Enneagram, and how the aspects of the soul child reveal a way back … a return to the way we are truly made and who we truly are; a re-connection to our essence. The soul child is the gateway, a way to experience the deeper truth within; allowing a glimpse of what brings peace and wholeness into our lives as we grow in consciousness.
In this episode, Dr. Joseph Howell and Barbara Sloan discuss how the soul child is important to the teachings of the Enneagram and explore the processes of rediscovering and re-inhabiting her own soul child. By exploring how we have the capacity to experience our soul child’s innocence, awe, and wonder as more of our soul qualities are revealed in each present moment, we can experience peace and wholeness again.
In this episode, Dr. Joseph Howell and Dr. Drexel Rayford discuss the qualities of the soul child as Dr. Rayford shares his personal experiences of moving beyond the Typology of the Enneagram into its deeper spiritual wisdom. Returning to our essence, the soul of our being, our soul child helps us to rediscover our own forgotten truths. It is the gateway to our soul where our deepest self, our true nature, our soul qualities, and our bliss is revealed.
Is your Ego Type in the process of integration or disintegration? Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes in this in-depth discussion of the inner flow of the Enneagram. When viewing the nine numbers on the Enneagram circle, each number has two arrows; an arrow that points toward it and an arrow that points away from it. The inner flow of the Enneagram is a description of the flow toward disintegration and the flow toward integration of your Ego Type. Dr. Howell provides listeners with a foundational overview of how to use their own Ego Type number and trace its flow going with the arrow to the Ego Type where it disintegrates to the unhealthiest and unconscious aspects of that number as it follows the path of least resistance. Continuing his description, by following the inner flow and going against the arrow, he traces the Ego Type’s integration to healthiest and conscious aspects of that number—which is the antidote to suffering and where their essence and soul child can be found. Providing listeners a unique opportunity to hear about their own Ego Type’s inner flow, each of the nine energies are traced and identified in both their paths of integration and disintegration. The descriptions of what each Ego Type looks like in both integration and disintegration provides a fascinating view into how the Enneagram’s inner flow maps our pathway toward either a continuous spiral up in consciousness, offering healing and wholeness, or a spiral down into more needless suffering. Are you embracing the healthy and conscious aspects of your essence number as they are revealed in your life?
How do the wings of your Ego Type help you move in the world? In this episode, Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes discuss the auxiliary wings of the nine Ego Types. The wings, which are also aspects of our Ego Type, are the numbers located on either side of our Ego Type. As an example, the Ego Type Four has a Three wing and a Five wing. Wings provide nuances and leanings to our Ego Type, and are auxiliary ways of moving in the world. Our Ego Type’s wings have the ability to integrate or disintegrate, and can be dominant or latent. If a wing has not been apparent in the first part of life, it becomes apparent in the second part of life when people are looking for alternative strategies for ways to move in the world after the critical mass of suffering has been reached in the Ego Type level. Wings are aspects of our Ego Type that can be awakened through awareness and through spiritual practice. As you grow in consciousness and awareness, how will your wings affect the movement of your own Ego Type?
Why are Levels of Consciousness important to the Enneagram? Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes introduce listeners to the three Levels of Consciousness in this episode and explore further the aspects of why the Enneagram is not a “static, labeling, typing, personality system.” Its spiritual wisdom offers an organic reflection of the changeability of life. Understanding the Levels of Consciousness reveals that the Enneagram reflects the complicated nature of life, it does not standardize it, and goes much deeper than just the labeling of a Type. Exploring how each Ego Type’s fixation develops to protect the vulnerable soul child from becoming wounded again, we learn that the ego comes to the unconditioned soul child to protect it, give it a way to react to the world, to move in the world, and provides an image. Out of the ego’s defense mechanisms—designed to protect the soul child—comes the irrational ideas, distortions of reality, and the ways that we move in the world that are on three different levels: Healthy/Conscious, Average, and Unhealthy/Unconscious. Taking listeners through the different movements in the three Levels of Consciousness for the Ego Type One, Dr. Howell provides real life examples and explains that we can be on any one or all three levels at any given time according to our level of stress, our level of spiritual growth, and the level of our conscious understanding. Providing a reference point, the Levels of Consciousness help us to be aware of, and observe, the voice of the ego and understand how to move from the Unhealthy/Unconscious level to the Healthy/Conscious level in each of the nine Ego Types. As you identify where you are in your Ego Type’s Levels of Consciousness, are you moving more toward egocentricity or soulcentricity today?
Are you interested in learning how to shift to higher consciousness? Join Dr. Joseph Howell, Erika Jobes, and special guest Denise Smith as they discuss how finding our soul child can help us rediscover the bliss we had as a child. Through the Enneagram’s sacred wisdom, its real purpose of enabling the inquirer to go to their true nature, away from the fixations of the ego and endless superficial mind chatter, is revealed. By following the inner flow of the Enneagram, and moving away from the inquirer’s ego point to their point of integration, essence and their soul child is found. Accessible to everyone, the soul child is a concrete example of what our soul was like as it expressed the qualities of pure soul. When we return to our essence, we have unity with others, lose the dualism of me verses you, and we realize that we are all connected just like we were as a child. We realize the ego does not separate us when we shift from our ego to our soul. As Denise Smith identifies as an Ego Type One, she describes her own soul child experience as she journeyed against her arrow to her integration point of the healthy Seven. Freed from her own inner critic, and finding pure joy in essence, she reveals how this has helped her to end the suffering of the endless superficial mind chatter that accompanies the inner critic of the Ego Type One. Understanding the shift to higher consciousness is helping to alleviate so much of her own suffering. As the very first Enneagram teachers revealed, once we begin to learn about how to reclaim the soul child, we find the Essential Aspect of the Divine that we were born with and expressed without an ego covering. This shift to essence, to the point of integration, is the shift in consciousness that is a higher consciousness than the ego. It is a shift to our soul!
In the study of the Enneagram, how is the soul child a gateway to the soul? In the first of several episodes about the soul child, Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes are joined by special guest Nanette Mudiam, Director of St. Michael’s Clinic, to discuss the journey to essence and the soul child. Spiritual teachers and authors A.H. Almaas, Sandra Maitri, Joseph Howell, and others have written and lectured extensively on the soul child. But in many Enneagram Schools, the aspect of the soul child isn’t taught as it can be difficult to explain. The Institute for Conscious Being teaches the concept of the soul child experientially; as it is a real, living entity that is within each of us. Hidden and repressed, our soul child is the way we were when we first came to earth, and expresses pure unconditioned soul. In a moving description, Dr. Howell takes listeners through how we catch glimpses of expressed soul child qualities. As Nanette Mudiam identifies as an Ego Type Nine, she discusses her own experiential exercise of going against her arrow and finding her own soul child energy at the healthy Three. And, the reward of finding joy, strength, and liberation in her own life. As she lives out of her essence, Nanette discusses the impact that is has had on her work with the underprivileged clients that she serves as the director of a nonprofit medical clinic. Moving beyond the Enneagram’s Typology, we can find relief for the suffering that we have created for ourselves. As we journey toward essence and find our soul child, we change the lens from which we view our world, and we can feel our soul child’s unconditional love, joy, and peace again. Has your soul child expressed itself in your life today? The answers are within us and start with the soul child!
How does the Enneagram’s sacred wisdom help us to journey to our essence? In this episode, Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes discuss how, when we live our lives in ego, our mind, body, and emotions can become disconnected from our primary identity which is our soul or essence. Essence is how we came into the world before we put on our ego’s protective covering. “It is our essential part of our core, the true us, and it has to do with our meaning in life, our sacred purpose, and how we move in the world to accomplish that.” Our soul child is our personal essence that was embodied by us as children. As revealed in the beliefs of Abrahamic religions, our soul is damaged and is recovering from the fall, or disconnection, from the Divine from which it came. The soul’s journey is to recover the complete oneness with the Divine. As we achieve increased awareness and consciousness, this is happening. Once we journey to essence, and we continue to follow the inner flow of the Enneagram, we are no longer an Ego Type number. Listen in as Dr. Howell explains how the new name is Reconnected. By following the Enneagram’s inner flow, the nine Ego Types have a journey that reconnects them to their essence. The inner flow of the Enneagram is the forgotten pathway to wholeness! Where are you in the Enneagram’s inner flow on your journey to essence?
Do you instinctively make decisions based on a “gut feeling” of the right way to go? Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes explore the Body Center of Intelligence in this episode and reveal ways that Ego Types Nine, Eight, and One approach and understand the world. The three Ego Types of the Body Center are focused on instinctual, visceral ways about what to do, and when and how to move in the world. There is a “gut feeling” within the body that is the Center of Intelligence for Ego Types Nine, Eight, and One. These three Ego Types experience anger and rage as they sense there is limitation by even being in a body. That limitation causes anger; an anger that one has to be limited and their sphere of influence is not as great as they want it to be. This episode delves deep into how each of the three Types have developed egoic ways to circumvent their limitations. Exploring how the Nine, Eight, and One came into the world as essence, and how each Type set up an ego reaction to the world, reveals how returning to their essence becomes the antidote to their suffering that living in the ego alone brings. As you grow in awareness, are you discerning and listening to the messages the Centers of Intelligence are sending you?
Are your choices in life made based on your feelings? Does your heart lead the way? In this episode, Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes explore how the Heart Center of Intelligence interprets the world through emotions. Comprised of Ego Types Three, Two, and Four, feelings are predominately used to make decisions and categorize things in order of importance. The three Ego Types in the Heart Center are very concerned with being loved, feeling supported, and feeling cared about. They are also very vulnerable to feelings of shame, as they do not feel loveable. This episode reveals how the egos of these three Types perceive the world through lens that are distortions of reality. The Enneagram’s wisdom reveals that all of the nine personalities are built on some premises that are delusions. Tune in to hear the delusional premises for the three Ego Types in the Heart Center. Once you remove the ego’s story, we are not our successes, our usefulness, or our created works. We have an essence that is much deeper that is untouched that is not distorted; it is pure and true. The Enneagram helps people to know what ego structure they have, so when it breaks down, it points to where that ego can go to find restoration. This spiritual quest is a journey back to wholeness!
What is the Mind Center of Intelligence? Join Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes in this episode to learn more about the Enneagram’s Mind Center of Intelligence, which is comprised of Ego Types Six, Seven, and Five. Located in the brain, the Mind Center is the analytical and perceptual understanding of the world through our thoughts and thinking. We are not born our Ego Type; we are born into another way of being. Our Ego Type—or personality type—is a reaction to having lost that way of being. For each of the Ego Types in the Mind Center, fear is their principal enemy. Fear came into their lives as very small children, when they were told they could no longer be the way they came to earth. In trying to deal with this fear, their minds thought of ways, mental constructs, so they would not have to experience fear anymore. The coping mechanisms of the Ego Types in the Mind Center are based on thought and how they use their brains to deal with fear. The ego tries to replicate what they felt in essence—which is only a facsimile—as there is truly no way to ever be completely secure in today’s world. The pathways of the Enneagram reveal how to get back to our essence in a non-facsimile way. What a wonderful way its wisdom reveals the answers on how to deal with our suffering!
Are you new to the Enneagram or a seasoned learner? Having an understanding of the basics and fundamentals of the Enneagram is important to both new and life-long students of its sacred wisdom. In this episode, Dr. Joseph Howell and Erika Jobes provide a brief overview and introduction of the three Centers of Intelligence: the Body Center, Heart Center, and Mind Center. As we grow in consciousness and the understanding of the Enneagram, we grow in the awareness of, and being able to discern and listen to, the messages these three Centers of Intelligence transmit to us. This episode reveals how each Center perceives the world differently through nine different portals of understanding, and how each Center deciphers their environment and the information that it receives. Exploring how we are born to have an Ego Type in one of these Centers helps us to understand what the purpose of our ego is trying to do, how it is trying to interpret the world, and how we are related to the other two Centers. “It is through going from one Center to another that we are able to pick up all three Centers of Intelligence to be a balanced human being and to be consciously aware of how we are going.” Listen in to a unique perspective as Dr. Howell describes his first introduction to the Centers of Intelligence as cities while studying with Patrick O’Leary and Maria Beesing, co-authors of the first Enneagram textbook. Which Center of Intelligence “city” will your own Ego Type reside in?
In this premier episode, Dr. Joseph Howell, Founder of the Institute for Conscious Being, and faculty member Erika Jobes, discuss how the Enneagram is much deeper than just a personality typing system; it is a map of spiritual development that leads to consciousness and the soul. Typology is needed as the first step to reveal the Ego Type, but the sacred wisdom of the ancient Enneagram reveals a spiral of spiritual growth which leads to transformation. The Enneagram points us to our soul which is the essence of our being. Life-giving and lifesaving, our soul qualities are revealed through the Enneagram’s sacred wisdom as we move away from egoic unconsciousness into the depths of soul consciousness and enlightenment. Are you interested in exploring the Enneagram’s true purpose and learning ways that reveal your Divine inner quality? Plan now to join The Real Enneagram: A Spiritual Quest as each new podcast reveals ways to learn more about your own specific purpose in life and how to grow deeper in essence.